Carlos Juarez

Three men sought in the shooting death of a Maywood police officer were arrested in Los Angeles on Sunday, authorities said. Carlos Juarez, 22, believed by authorities to have been the triggerman who gunned down Officer John A. Hoglund in a robbery Friday, was arrested about 7 p.m. Sunday near downtown, said Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. Bob Stoneman. Two alleged accomplices, Jose Contreras, 20, and Hector Reyna, 21, were arrested earlier Sunday in South-Central Los Angeles, Stoneman said.

Three men arrested in the fatal shooting of a Maywood police officer during the holdup of a neighborhood market may be involved in dozens of other armed robberies, including one in which a grocer was killed, authorities said Monday. "It appears they've been very, very active--extremely active," said Sheriff's Lt. Tom Johnston, who is heading the investigation of the killing May 29 of Officer John A. Hoglund.

Three men arrested in the fatal shooting of a Maywood police officer during the holdup of a neighborhood market may be involved in dozens of other armed robberies, including one in which a grocer was killed, authorities said Monday. "It appears they've been very, very active--extremely active," said Sheriff's Lt. Tom Johnston, who is heading the investigation of the killing May 29 of Officer John A. Hoglund.

Three men sought in the shooting death of a Maywood police officer were arrested in Los Angeles on Sunday, authorities said. Carlos Juarez, 22, believed by authorities to have been the triggerman who gunned down Officer John A. Hoglund in a robbery Friday, was arrested about 7 p.m. Sunday near downtown, said Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. Bob Stoneman. Two alleged accomplices, Jose Contreras, 20, and Hector Reyna, 21, were arrested earlier Sunday in South-Central Los Angeles, Stoneman said.

Attorneys representing five Mexican nationals who were allegedly beaten by San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies in Victorville filed a $15-million lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, accusing Sheriff Floyd Tidwell and the deputies of a conspiracy to "cover up the incident."

Two private planes collided over Santa Paula Airport on Sunday afternoon, but both pilots suffered only minor injuries from the accident and were able to walk away from the wreckage, authorities said. The 2:30 p.m. accident occurred after a westbound Grumman monoplane flown by Jeffrey Jacobs, 54, of Simi Valley collided with an eastbound Great Lakes biplane flown by Joe Lansden, 56, also of Simi Valley, according to Santa Paula Police Agent Carlos Juarez.

Three cheers to Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Commentary, Oct. 5) for an exceptional analysis of President Salinas' "hasty and unaccountable process" of pushing for a bilateral free-trade agreement with the U.S. The PRI's dictatorial perfection, as Aguilar notes, is precisely its inability to escape external scrutiny as well as its ability to ostracize dissidents and punish opponents. American sympathizers of Salinas' pro-business reforms need to wake up to the harsh reality of an authoritarian regime.

Martin and Kathleen Feldstein ("Some History for Voters Under 30," Commentary, Oct. 12) are just as out of touch with the real world as George and Dan. As a young voter about to turn 30, I may not have had much experience with Democratic administrations, but it's clear to me that the Republicans leave quite a bit to be desired. I seriously doubt the current recession is hurting well-heeled economists. To suggest that low interest rates make millions of young voters qualified as new home buyers must be a joke.

A Santa Paula man has been arrested on suspicion of robbing a woman at gunpoint at a cemetery last month and in the armed hold-up of a gas station in early July, police said Wednesday. Scott Douglas Herron, 34, remained jailed Wednesday night in lieu of $50,000 bail. He was arrested Tuesday at an apartment on South Catalina Street in Ventura where he had been staying with relatives, police said.

Three Los Angeles men were ordered to stand trial Monday on more than 50 charges stemming from a five-month crime wave that included the murders of a Van Nuys storekeeper and a Maywood police officer. After a monthlong preliminary hearing, Municipal Judge Michael S. Luros said there was enough evidence to link the trio to the May 4, 1992, shooting of Woodley Market owner Lee Chul Kim and the killing of Officer John A. Hoglund less than a month later.

A Santa Paula grandmother is facing charges she allowed her former husband, a high school teacher, to molest two young girls on nine occasions in the last 13 months, authorities said. Dianna Nice, 46, has pleaded not guilty to nine felony sex charges involving the preteen girls, said Sgt. Carlos Juarez of the Santa Paula Police Department. "It's unusual," said Deputy Dist. Atty. Audry Rohn. "We don't hear about these things very often. I hope they don't occur very often."

Cal Poly Pomona's miracle run to the NCAA Division II women's soccer championship continued Thursday, as the Broncos won in overtime for the fifth consecutive time and advanced to Saturday's championship match at Miami. Shellie Shineding's quadruple-overtime goal in the 142nd minute gave eighth-ranked Pomona a 2-1 victory over fourth-ranked Barry of Florida in the second semifinal. Top-ranked Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire defeated No.